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409.821  Sections 409.810-409.820; confidential information.--Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any information contained in an application for determination of eligibility for the Florida Kidcare program which identifies applicants, including medical information and family financial information, and any information obtained through quality assurance activities and patient satisfaction surveys which identifies program participants, obtained by the Florida Kidcare program under ss. 409.810-409.820, is confidential and is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Except as otherwise provided by law, program staff or staff or agents affiliated with the program may not release, without the written consent of the applicant or the parent or guardian of the applicant, to any state or federal agency, to any private business or person, or to any other entity, any confidential information received under ss. 409.810-409.820. This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2003, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History.--s. 1, ch. 98-119; s. 56, ch. 2000-153.